One of the top uncommitted defensive linemen in the 2022 recruiting class will make his verbal pledge live Tuesday on CBS Sports HQ. Isaiah Hastings, a three-star prospect out of Clearwater Academy International in Clearwater, Florida, will make his choice at 10 a.m. ET. You can watch the announcement live in the video at the top of this page, on the CBS Sports App or via your connected device (Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV). 

Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Oregon and Georgia are among Hastings’ finalists. The defending national champion Crimson Tide project as the favorite to land the dynamic athlete, according to the 247Sports Crystal Ball projections. 

Thje 6-foot-4, 290-pound bruiser has incredible upside, but is still learning football after growing up in Canada. The high school senior ranks as the No. 63 defensive lineman and the No. 421 overall player in the class. Through seven games this season, Hastings has accumulated 6.5 sacks and 24 quarterback hurries. 

247Sports Southeast Recruiting Analyst Andrew Ivins compares Hastings to former Bama standout Christian Barmore with this scouting report: 

“Uses wide base to wedge himself through gaps and overpower opposing offensive linemen. Wins more times than not with a simple bull rush, but has also developed a few different pass-rushing moves and is pretty versed in hand-to-hand combat. Not the type of player to give up on many plays and finds ways to make stops outside the hashes … Will need to keep progressing and spend some time in a college weight room, but should eventually work his way into the rotation at a College Football Playoff contender given his size and ability to get after the quarterback. Could be used in a variety of different alignments depending on what is needed at the college of his choice, but will be at his best when he’s simply creating push up the middle.”

While Hastings would be the lowest-ranked commitment in the class as a rare long-term project for the Crimson Tide, his addition would launch them past Georgia for the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class. Sixteen of the Tide’s 18 commitments in the class of 2022 are blue-chip recruits.